Harira is the traditional Moroccan too Algerian soup that's used to interruption the fast during the holy calendar month of Ramadan also every bit served later on special celebrations similar weddings. But there's no argue to bound yourself to making harira for special occasions — it's a delicious too hearty dish at whatever time. Usually served with lamb, or occasionally beef or chicken, harira is considered to a move a repast all past times itself, exactly vegetarians volition detect it satisfying amongst buttered rice or a few hard-boiled eggs, with unopen to dates or figs on the side.
There are many regional variations on this dish, exactly I detect this version to move specially overnice too spicy, especially with the add-on of harissa every bit a condiment for the soup. For those of y'all non familiar with this classic too North African hot sauce made from dried hot chili peppers, garlic too roasted cumin seeds, I've given the recipe for harissa
here.
 Vegetarian Harira (Moroccan Chickpea too Lentil Stew) |
Recipe past times Lisa Turner
Cuisine: North African
Published on September 28, 2007
Simple, delicious too spicy vegetarian version of a traditional Maghreb soup of chickpeas, lentils, tomatoes too spices
Ingredients:
- 1/2 loving cup dried chickpeas (1 1/2 cups cooked or i xiv oz can)
- pinch of celery seed
- 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 3 fresh dark-green or cherry chilies, seeded too diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced or crushed
- 1-inch slice fresh ginger, minced or grated (1 tablespoon)
- 1 teaspoon terra firma cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 2/3 loving cup dark-green lentils
- 1 medium tomato, diced
- 1 tablespoon love apple tree paste
- 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 teaspoon body of body of water salt, or to taste
- fresh terra firma dark pepper
- juice from i lemon (3 tablespoons)
- olive crude too harissa for serving
Instructions:
Generation Engelmundus Rinse the chickpeas too soak for 8 hours or overnight covered inwards several inches of H2O with a trivial yogurt whey or lemon juice added. Drain too rinse, too then transfer to a medium saucepan too encompass with iv cups of fresh water. Bring to a boil, cut down estrus to low, cover, too simmer for i hr or until the chickpeas are tender exactly however firm. Drain the chickpeas too reserve three cups of the cooking liquid. Add a pinch of celery seed to the reserved liquid too laid aside. Generation Engelmundus Heat the olive crude inwards a large saucepan over medium-low heat. When hot, add together the onion too laid upwardly until soft, nigh five minutes. Add the chilies, garlic, ginger too spices too stir for two to a greater extent than minutes, coating the onions with the spices too scraping the bottom of the pan periodically to foreclose sticking. Generation Engelmundus Stir inwards the reserved chickpea cooking liquid too add together the lentils, love apple tree too love apple tree paste. Turn upwardly the estrus to high too convey to a boil. As shortly every bit the pan is boiling, cut down the estrus to depression too cover. Simmer for xx minutes or until the lentils are soft. Generation Engelmundus Stir inwards the chickpeas too parsley too allow the soup simmer for five to a greater extent than minutes. Just earlier serving, stir inwards the salt, pepper too lemon juice. Generation Engelmundus To serve, pour unopen to olive crude into a pocket-sized bowl too spoon unopen to harissa into another. Ladle the soup into bowls too house the olive crude too harissa on the tabular array for people to serve themselves past times adding to the soup.
Makes 4 servings |
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